Chapter 70: Some of What You Need to Know to Understand the School Budget Process
Chapter 70, the primary Massachusetts state aid program for public elementary and secondary schools, is...
schools
Introducing Amethyst Brook Elementary School and Chestnut Street Academy
School Committee Approves Names for Two New District Schools The Amherst School Committee formally approved...
Bockelman Reports The State of the Town Is Strong. Councilors Halt Discussions of Housing Plan and Town Manager Evaluation
Report on the Meeting of the Town Council, December 1, 2025 This was a hybrid...
As FY27 Budget Process Begins, Pressures Surface
Report on the Meeting of the Budget Coordinating Group, December 3, 2025 By Maura Keene...
Letter: None of Us Is Safe Until We Are All Safe
I am happy that Amherst has achieved a “perfect” score on the Human Rights Campaign’s...
Firefighters and Parents Decry Understaffed Fire Stations and Schools
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Town Council, November 17, 2025, Part 1 This...
FY27 Financial Indicators Presentation Requires Reading Between the Lines
Every fall for more than a decade Town Hall has produced an annual Financial Indicators...
New Boundary Zones for Amherst Elementary Schools
Jennifer Shiao’s School Committee Blog Editor’s note: . Jennifer Shiao is a member of the Amherst...
Rally for a Better School Budget, November 17
Source: Support our Schools Support our Schools Amherst is organizing a rally in support of...
Ideas for Redeveloping South Amherst School Will Be Presented in Zoom Forum
As a follow up to the public visioning session held last June regarding possible uses for the...
Letter: I’m Voting for Vince in District 1
As a 16-year resident of Amherst and the librarian at Wildwood School, I’m voting for...
Opinion: Our Town Government is Broken. Part 1
by Art and Maura Keene Here’s the heart of the matter up front. The people ...